I last went to Spain in 1990.
S + last + V-ed + to ... in + mốc thời gian.
I last went to Spain in 1990.
S + last + V-ed + to ... in + mốc thời gian.
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question :
1. Mary (go)...............shopping for me yesterday
2. The policeman (drive)....................away ten minutes ago
3. The biscuit factory (close)...........................last year
4. The headmaster (come)....................to the school in 1985
5. You (spend)......................a lot of money last month
6. I last (go)....................to Spain in 1990
7. The boy (finish)....................their homework yesterday
8. Rolf (buy)............................the leather jacket last week
9. I (have).............................a little trouble with my car last week
10. She (wash)............................her clothes last night
Write sentences in Past Simple:
1- Nga / go / the zoo / last week? …………………………………………………………
2- We / meet / her / the meeting / last week? …………………………………………………………
3- They / live / this town / 1990? …………………………………………………………
4- He / take / his children / the zoo /
1. They (not go) ……………….......... to school since last Monday.
2. She (be) …………....................... in Hue last summer vacation.
3. I used to (look) ……………….......... after my younger sister when I was 10 years old.
4. My brother hates (cook) ………………............. meals.
I(be)________in New York.I(come)_______here two years ago.My friend, Nancy(live)_____here since 1982. So she (know)_____the area very well.
Lisa usually ((go)____ to the library three times a week
Yesterday I (be)___ busy, so I( not have )_____time to phone you
Mrs.Trang ( not go )_______to work last week. She ( not be )____ feeling well
Mr Quang(teach)______in this school since he ( graduate)_____from the university in 1989
My brother( leave ) _____ home 10 years ago. I ( never meet )________him since then
Whereyou ( spend ) _______ your summer holiday last year, Tam
When we (be) young, our family ( live)___in the countryside.
I ( read) ______ an interesting book at the moment
How long you ( know)____Mrs.Chi?-- I(know)____her for five years
We ( not see ) _______ her homework tonight
It's three years since I last ( see)___Nam
You( be ) ______away?- Yes, I (go)_____to the country last Sunday
I ( not eeat ) ______anything for two days
The (move )__________ to Ho Chi Minh City in 1990 and ( live )_____there since then
1. I last saw him in 2017
-> I haven’t
2. The last time we saw our best friends was in 2009.
->We haven’t
3. They can’t go fishing tomorrow because they have to finish their reports.
-> If they
4. After finishing my homework, I went to bed.
-> As soon as....................................... .......................................
5. During our dinner, she called us.
-> When. ....................................... .......................................
6. He cleans the doors every week.
->The doors....................................... .......................................
7. Mr Ba often went fishing when he was young.
->Mr Ba used ....................................... .......................................
8. When did you start learning French?
->How long....................................... .......................................
III. Choose the best option marked A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. When I have the whole free day, I prefer________ to the outskirts to staying in the city.
A. going B. to go C. go D. went
2. Last night, she had an________ dancing performance in the school festival.
A. ador B. adoring C. adored D. adorable
3. I am very impressed with sarong – a traditional________of the Khmer people.
A. custom B. clothing C. clothes D. costume
4. The life in this remote area has become less _______ since they had electricity.
A. convenient B. convenience C. inconvenient D. inconveniently
5. She is driving too slowly, so I think she will get there________than us.
A. more late B. later C. more lately D. latelier
6. My father sometimes goes________in the forests. He’d like to find some more food for our family.
A. hunt B. hunting C. to hunt D. hunted
7. Look! Some children are________the buffaloes.
A. picking B. herding C. driving D. playing
8. Is living in the city________than living in the country?
A. more convenient B. as convenient
C. most convenient D. so convenient
9. He is surprised ________that there are 54 ethnic groups in our country.
A. to understand B. to study C. to know D. find
10. Do you think friendship on the internet is __________?
A. cultural B. satisfied C. addicted D. virtual
11. The Gong Festival is held ________ in the Central Highlands.
A. yearly B. annually C. year D. annual
12. The Viet (or Kinh) have________number of people, account for about 86% of the population.
A. large B. the large C. larger D. the largest
13. ________ ethnic group has a larger population, the Tay or the Ede?
A. What B. Which C. Why D. Who
14. I love the_______sky on starry nights. It looks fantastic.
A. safe B. quiet C. slow D. vast
15. Our team won the games because we play________.
A. good B. Well C. bad D. badly
16. The farmers said that they had a poor_________ because of the lack of water.
A. pasture B. harvest C. house D. town
17. It is dangerous to let children _______in the kitchen.
A. to play B. playing C. play D. played
18. Linh _______to visit me next week.
A. is going B. going to C. is going to D. are going to
19. ________ does Miss Hoa want to be a teacher? -Because she loves children.
A.What B. Who C. What D. Why
20. We found the film_______because of the excellent actors and actresses.
A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interests
21. The_______have a very hard life. They cannot live permanently in one place.
A. nomads B. nomadic C. farmers D. workers
22. His parents feel very sad and upset because he’s_______ to computer games.
A. addiction B. addicted C. addictive D. addict
23. Mongolian children start to learn________before they can walk.
A. horse riding B. riding horse C. ride horse D. horse ridden
24. I would love_________ them again.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. to seeing
25. The crops ___________ on the weather.
A. depend heavy B. depend heavily C. affect heavy D. affect heavily
Choose the correct answers:
5. When I have the whole free day, I prefer …………. to the outskirts to staying in the city.
A. going B. to go C. go D. went
6. Last night, she had an …………………. dancing performance in the school festival.
A. adore B. adoring C. adored D. adorable
7. What colour is ________ symbol of good luck for the Hoa?
a. a b. an c. - d. some
8. ________ ethnic Khmer live in ________ Mekong Delta of Vietnam.
a. The / - b.The / a c.A / the d. The / the
9. The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology ________ by the architect Ha Duc Linh, a memberof the Tay ethnic group.
a. designed b. has designed c. was designed d. was designing
10. ‘I have just taken an exciting festival in Da Lat.’ ‘________ How interesting!’
a. Certainly. b.Really? c.Terrible. d. Exactly.
11. The Thai live ________ farming on their burnt-over land and wet-rice terraced fields.
a. in b. on c. out d. up
12. The ________ house is a place where villagers gather for festivals and rituals.
a. terraced b. splendid c. communal d. thatched
13. There were lots of interesting folk games, _______ Kenny stayed a little longer to join them.
a. but b. because c. however d. so
14. ‘________ dress in red and black costume?’ ‘The Dao’
a. What b. Which c. Who d. When
Exercise 4: Complete the passage with the verbs in past simple or past continuous.
In my last holiday, I went to Hawaii. When I (go) 1………………… to the beach for the first time, something wonderful happened. I (swim) 2……………… in the sea while my mother was sleeping in the sun. My brother was building a castle and my father (drink) 3………………… some water. Suddenly I (see) 4…………………………. a boy on the beach. His eyes were blue like the water in the sea and his hair (be) 5……………… beautiful black. He was very tall and thin and his face was brown. My heart (beat) 6…………………………. fast. I (ask) 7…………………………. him for his name with a shy voice. He (tell) 8…………………………. me that his name was John. He (stay) 9…………………………. with me the whole afternoon. In the evening, we met again. We ate pizza in a restaurant. The following days we (have) 10…………………………. a lot of fun together. At the end of my holidays when I left Hawaii I said good-bye to John. We had tears in our eyes. He wrote to me a letter very soon and I answered him
1. My father decorated the Christmas tree with colored lights.
The Christmas _________________________________________.
2. The last time I played tennis was in 1990.
I haven’t ______________________________________________.
3. Mrs. Mai said, “My son is in the garden now.”
Mrs. Mai said that ______________________________________.
4. A Japanese millionaire bought that painting.
That painting __________________________________________.
5. We started learning English five years ago.
We have _____________________________________________.